Late Night Links: 06/27/17 – Governments want your secrets but can’t keep their own

Subsequent to my previous findings, I’ve determined yard work after four hours of sleep is also a great way to put out your back. (Ow.)

First “WannaCry”, now “NotPetya”: New ransomware ^[pictured] sweeps across Europe and elsewhere, shutting down everything from hospitals to shipping companies, based yet again on a leaked NSA exploit. Can we have some criminal charges against the officials who chose to hoard security vulnerabilities rather than get them fixed?

Why do governments that push for weaker encryption in the name of “national security” never listen to the actual security experts who warn that doing so would only damage national security? (Unless – bear with me – security isn’t their actual concern …)

Jacksonville, FL: Cop tickets Black man for walking without ID. Spoiler: There’s no such law.
(via Dispatches From the Culture Wars)

I’m not a fan of Sam Harris, but deliberately misquoting him to make it sound like he said the opposite of what he meant is pretty damn shitty.

And finally, a new poll finds that 80% of Canadians would have no problem with an atheist prime minister (and would prefer that to an evangelical Christian one). No such love for a potential Muslim PM, however, so let’s not cheer too much.

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